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US$4,6m building plans approved by BCC
Bulawayo's construction sector is showing strong signs of growth, as the City Council approved building plans worth over US$4.6 million in April alone - highlighting rising confidence in the city's pr...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:20hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Gated communities redefine Bulawayo's residential landscape
Once considered exclusive enclaves for the elite, gated communities are rapidly transforming the urban fabric of Bulawayo, introducing new standards of security, lifestyle, and legal property ownershi...Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 08:42hrs | 5115 | by Staff reporter
Ex-RBZ chief Gono to testify In fraud case
Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono is set to appear in court on June 13 as a key witness in a fraud case involving a Harare couple, Clark and Beverly Makoni. The couple stands ...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:33hrs | 749 | by Staff reporter
John Pocock and Company celebrate 70 years of service in Bulawayo
From humble beginnings in a single-room office to becoming one of Bulawayo's most trusted names in real estate, John Pocock and Company is celebrating a remarkable 70-year milestone in 2025 - a testam...Published: 09 May 2025 at 11:01hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Bishop-cum-land barron up for US$80k fraud
A Bishop at Emmanuel Global Church, Emmanuel Muzondi (49), appeared in court on Tuesday facing allegations of defrauding a local businessman, Lovemore Pasipamire, of US$80,000 in a failed residential ...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:56hrs | 158 | by Staff reporter
Bishop in court over US$80k stand fraud
Bishop Emmanuel Muzondi, the founder of Emmanuel Global Church International Ministries, appeared before a Harare magistrate yesterday on allegations of defrauding Lovemore Paipamire, the director of ...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 11:40hrs | 49 | by Staff reporter
Zimra enforces tax compliance for Professionals
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has reaffirmed regulations requiring individuals under specified professional bodies to present valid tax clearance certificates before renewing or registering t...Published: 30 Jan 2025 at 06:39hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Man in court over alleged US$9,000 housing fraud
A Bulawayo man, Isiah Ncube, appeared before the Bulawayo regional magistrate, Mrs. Dambudzo Malunga, yesterday facing charges of defrauding a 50-year-old woman of over US$9,000 in a botched housing d...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 06:49hrs | 430 | by Staff reporter
Just a simple ZIMRA's Consultation would have done the trick for Tax Clearance Certificate Requirements
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) recently issued a public notice regarding the new requirements for obtaining a Tax Clearance Certificate for various professional registrations and licensing. Th...Published: 09 Dec 2024 at 18:53hrs | 557 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Gono company loss case continues
A key witness in the ongoing fraud trial involving a Harare couple accused of defrauding former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono has stated that Gono should be summoned to court to ...Published: 26 Oct 2024 at 12:42hrs | 70 | by Staff reporter
Fraudster Jailed for 10 Years
A man from Queens Park, Bulawayo, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for defrauding victims of US$180,000 by faking ownership of property.Bigboy Leovancey Ncube (57) appeared on Tuesday ...Published: 21 Oct 2024 at 22:36hrs | 650 | by Stephen Jakes
Over 1,000 beneficiaries receive title deeds in Epworth
More than 1,000 people in Epworth, Harare Metropolitan Province, have received title deeds under the Presidential title deeds and regularisation programme, offering homeowners security over their prop...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 08:32hrs | 115 | by Staff reporter
Fake estate agent up for US$180 000 fraud
A 57-year-old Bulawayo man, Bigboy Leovancey Ncube, has been convicted of fraud after misrepresenting himself as an estate agent and posing as the owner of a property valued at US$180,000 using forged...Published: 15 Oct 2024 at 08:30hrs | 869 | by Staff reporter
Gono accused of using political muscle in property dispute
A Harare couple, Clark Clever Makoni and Beverly Aisha Ndonda Makoni, have accused former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono of leveraging his political connections in a property disp...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 11:33hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
Gono's suspected fraudsters' case latest
Regional Magistrate Stanford Mambanje upheld the State's application to tender a deed of settlement related to a high-profile fraud case involving former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono'...Published: 04 Oct 2024 at 08:47hrs | 364 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe business couple claims state persecution in US$137m fraud trial
A Harare business couple involved in Estate management has accused prosecutors of dancing to the tune of unscrupulous top ranked government and police officers allegedly determined to fix them on beha...Published: 19 Sep 2024 at 15:54hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
Red flag raised over mess at Deeds Office
SHAMBOLIC record-keeping at the Department of Deeds, Companies and Intellectual Property could compromise Zimbabwe's listing as a low-risk country for money laundering and financing of terrorism by th...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 10:32hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Gono loses property
Gideon Gono, the former governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, has reportedly lost ownership of Valley Lodge, a property in Manicaland province, to an estate agent who allegedly manipulated the reg...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 12:55hrs | 12 | by Staff Reporter
74 estate agents blacklisted over dodgy deals
The Estate Agents Council of Zimbabwe (EACZ) has blacklisted 74 real estate companies operating in parts of the country for failure to register with the council and crimes such as fleecing unsuspectin...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 19:51hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
ZACC targets estate agents, exchange rate manipulators
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is out to net unscrupulous real estate agents and those accused of manipulating exchange rates to illegally push large amounts of foreign currency out of...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:04hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Law society suspends lawyer Doreen Vundhla-Phulu
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has suspended Doreen Vundhla-Phulu's licence and placed under curatorship her law firm Vundhla-Phulu and Partners pending investigations following allegations of her ...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 15:28hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter
MP's lawyer wife up for fraud
A PROMINENT Bulawayo lawyer, Doreen Vundhla-Phulu allegedly defrauded a client of US$26 000 in a botched residential stand deal.Vundhla (41) of Burnside suburb in Bulawayo and wife to Citizens...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man sells residential stand using fake title deed
A 62-YEAR-OLD man was yesterday arraigned before a Harare magistrate facing charges of selling a residential stand using a fake title deed.The accused, Lovejoy Nyamande was arrested on January...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 15:25hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'Real estate agents' up for issuing fake title deed
TWO Harare men appeared before a Harare magistrate last week for allegedly issuing a fake title deed.The two, Job Banda (52) of Chitungwiza and Tatenda Mwenyi (29) of Kuwadzana Extension appea...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 07:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
SA based Zimbabwean filmmaker walks into a room with a different energy
The Cape Town-based filmmaker's refreshing combination of cool confidence and whimsy comes across even before we've sat for the interview."Hi, can we re-schedule?" a breathless voice says when...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rogue lawyers connive with bogus estate agents
SOME rogue lawyers in Bulawayo are reportedly conniving with bogus estate agents to defraud homeseekers as demand for housing surges.Police in Bulawayo recorded 32 fraud cases involving the sa...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fake title deeds flood market
If you recently bought a property, are you sure it is properly registered in your name?Well, there might be need to verify this with the Department of Deeds, Companies and Intellectual Propert...Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Buying a housing stand
Around the world, most homeowners make use of mortgages and traditional financing to purchase homes and properties.However, for many years, this option has not been widely available to most Zi...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Thompson
Title deed fraudsters on the prowl, Check if you still own your property
If you own a vacant or an unoccupied property in Zimbabwe my suggestion is verify if you still own that property. With the Zimbabwean property market being dominated by absent buyers, due to over four...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 23:34hrs | 4 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
ZACC probes court sheriff
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is investigating High Court Sherriff McDuff Madega for suspected criminal abuse of office and the illegal sale of more than 10 properties attached by the...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:37hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Govt to address ballooning housing backlog
GOVERNMENT is working towards developing cluster housing units for low, middle and high-income earners to address the country's ballooning housing backlog, NewsDay Buisness has learnt.This com...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cash-only businesses dodging taxes
Harare's downtown businesses and other informal sector players have found a way of avoiding taxes by demanding cash transactions only, and strictly in US dollars, forcing customers to buy the greenbac...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 06:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ranked among high-risk money laundering countries
RELEASED on September 13, 2021, the 10th Basel anti-money laundering index showed Zimbabwe scored 6,78 out of 10 (where 10 indicates the highest risk level) and has landed in the top 12 of the unenvia...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:49hrs | 18 | by Prosper S Maguchu
Police hunt serial real estate fraudster
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for a bogus real estate agent who allegedly fleeced members of the public, including the late businessman Ernest Tekere of Home Guard Security Services of ab...Published: 05 Aug 2021 at 06:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
High Court Sheriff under probe
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) has launched investigations into High Court Sherriff McDuff Madega over several cases in which he is alleged to have illegally sold properties attached b...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Simba, Bona's mansion: Monument to corruption
THE huge mansion that former president Robert Mugabe's daughter Bona and son-in-law Simba Mutsahuni have been struggling to complete since the longtime ruler was unceremoniously removed from power thr...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:22hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Frank Buyanga's prized properties up for sale as legal woes mount in SA
South Africa-based tycoon Frank Buyanga has put one of his mansions in Hyde Park, an exclusive neighbourhood of Johannesburg, up for sale for a princely R18 million (US$1.23 million).Buyanga d...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 08:03hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Bigwigs risk losing properties worth US$4m
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is investigating a plethora of cases involving executives at several urban local authorities, who are accused of corruptly acquiring properties worth as ...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe urban house rentals becomes very expensive
The United Nations predicts that by 2050, seventy percent of the population in Africa will be living in urban areas hence there will be many challenges ,risks as well as opportunities which comes with...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 20:47hrs | 1 | by Noel Mavura
Zimbabwe urban house rentals become very expensive
The United Nations predicts that by 2050, seventy percent of the population in Africa will be living in urban areas hence there will be many challenges, risks as well as opportunities which comes with...Published: 20 Feb 2021 at 08:40hrs | 2 | by Noel Mavura
Land for votes haunts Zanu-PF
FORMER Labour and Social Welfare minister and ex-Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Goromonzi, Petronella Kagonye (pictured) was yesterday arrested over alleged illegal land dealings.Kagonye ser...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zupco operators lick wounds
PRIVATE commuter operators under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) franchise have not been paid by government since November 14 this year it has emerged.Reports say that they went ...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Estate agents watchdog blacklists 79 operators
THE Estate Agents Council (EAC) has blacklisted 79 estate agents dotted across the country for operating illegally. Among other requirements, estate agents should register with the EAC prior to tradin...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bogus estate agents on the prowl
REGISTERED estate agents in Gweru on Monday claimed that bogus property sellers were on the prowl in the Midlands capital and called on the council to help weed out the illegal operators.Trevo...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters target diasporan homeseekers
FRAUDSTERS are on the loose in Bulawayo mainly targeting Diasporan home seekers whom they dupe into buying incomplete houses and residential stands that do not belong to them. The fraudsters a...Published: 25 Apr 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How to find a good residential lot to build a home
Let's admit we've all dreamt of building our dream homes from scratch and whilst it might seem like a far-off fantasy more and more people are choosing to build their own new homes. While it can be ea...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 21:00hrs | 14 | by Staff Reporter
Mzembi puts $2m mansion for sale
Former Cabinet Minister Walter Mzembi has put his palatial Harare mansion on the market for a princely $2 million amid speculation the 55-year-old politician is finalising moves to flee the country to...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 06:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe banks join in money laundering fight'
CENTRAL bank governor John Mangudya says local banks have reached acceptable levels in the implementation of Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime Act requirements.Government put in place the...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Residents lose money to fake estate agents
Harare City Council has warned residents against fake land barons who are moving around selling undesignated pieces of land to unsuspecting residents. The culprits are reported to be sel...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 10:01hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Harare proposes service charges hike
Harare City Council has announced plans to review upwards its' service charges for leases and building inspection, but not for refuse collection and water supply.The proposed tariffs are expec...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
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